Cleaning cloth



CLEANING CLOTH Filed Nov. 28 1922 0m Riizen/i'ibalar Patented Dec. 25,1923.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

J'OEN BITZENTHALER, 0F MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

CLEANING CLOTH.

Application flled November 28, 1922. Serial No. 603,834.

gripped in either hand to be manipulated without losing the effect ofany of the area of the cloth.

The invention is illustrated in the draw- I in s, of which-- 4 igure 1is an elevation of the cloth fitted to a hand.

Fig. 2 is'a plan view.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The form of the invention shown in the drawings is a preferred form,although it is understood that modifications in the construction andarrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used maybe adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention as illustrated in its preferred form in the drawings comrises preferably a sheet of flexible materia 1 suitable for cleaningpurposes, and preferably some material such as chamois. It is of amplearea to provide a generous amount of cleaning surface, and on one facethere is attached thereto an auxiliary sheet of material of any suitabletype which is sewed to the cleaning cloth 1 along three sides, 3, 4 and5, and also along a curved line simulating in outline the outline of thefingers of a hand. This auxiliary piece of cloth thus sewed to thecleaning cloth 1 thus acting as a sort of pocket into which the hand maybe placed to achieve the more efiicient and thorough manipulation of thecleaning cloth and also to protect the hand. It will be noted that theoutline of, the hand shown particularly in Fi 2 has two thumbs 7 and 8,adapting this c 0th to be laced on either hand with equal facility. twill be noted, moreover, that the area of the cloth 1 extends generouslyin every direction beyond the outlines of the pocket member, and becausethe material is flexible, the cloth can be gathered inthe hand asdesired, making its manipulation very efiicient and easy whereby themaximum area of the cloth can be made use of in cleaning.

What I clalm is A cleaning cloth which comprises a relative] large sheetof flexible cleaning materia an auxiliary sheet of stifi'er materialdisposed on one face thereof and sewed thereon along three sides to forma pocket for the hand, the area of the flexible cleaning cloth beingmuch greater than the area of the pocket member, said auxiliary sheetbeing also sewed to the cleaning cloth along area within the edgesthereof to simulate the outline of the hand, said sewed outline beinnprovided. with two thumbs to facilitate the attachment of the cloth toeither han JOHN RITZENTHALER.

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